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Vanguard 1 Rocket - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00016U 58002A   24255.60796665  .00000799  00000-0  10633-2 0  9995
2 00016  34.2830   6.2647 2025942 282.7715  55.5188 10.49410356621295
Epoch (UTC): 11 September 2024 14:35:28
Eccentricity: 0.2025942
inclination: 34.2830°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 4220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 6.2647°
argument of perigee: 282.7715°
revolutions per day: 10.49410356
mean anomaly at epoch: 55.5188°
orbit number at epoch: 62129

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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